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10 International Films That Got Banned In India

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The Censor Board of India has often been in the news becasue of its conservative outlook, and it has often been debated whether this behavious of their's results in any loss to the world of cinematic art or not. Because of the reservations that it holds, several films have faced a hard time in getting the approval of the censor board to be released in India. And this particularly applies to several western films which are more into employing explictily expressive scenes. While many films are finally able to pass the board's test, there are some that don't turn out as lucky, and end up getting banned in the country altogether. And here are ten of them.

3. Dirty Grandpa

4. Magic Mike XXL

So, here's a movie that was about male stripping. Well, at least the censor board is not sexist about their decisions - they are just as conservative when it comes to male skin show as they are with female skin show!

5. Get Hard

Now, here's an example of just how fearful the Censor Board has become - days before its premiere, Warner Brothers decided to simply withdraw their movie's India release because they were afraid of the kinds of cuts the board would invariably ask them to make, if they ever wish to see their movie go on the Indian floor!

6. Blue Jasmine

The Censor Board insists that every time a character lights up a cigarette, a message needs to be put up on screen, warning against it. But the director, Woody Allen, refused to do so with Blue Jasmine, and that led to the movie not being released in India.